London County Council election, 1913

5 March 1913

118 Council Seats

	First party	Second party	Third party

Leader	Cyril Jackson	Sir John Benn	none
Party	Municipal Reform	Progressive	Labour
Leader since	1911
Leader's seat	Limehouse	Kennington
Last election	60	55	3
Seats won	67	50	1
Seat change	+7	-6	-2
Councillors	67	50	1
Aldermen	15	4	0
Seats +/–	7	5	2

An election to the County Council of London took place on 5 March 1913. It was the ninth triennial election of the whole Council. The size of the council was 118 councillors and 19 aldermen. The councillors were elected for electoral divisions corresponding to the parliamentary constituencies that had been created by the Representation of the People Act 1884. There were 57 dual member constituencies and one four member constituency. The Council was elected by First Past the Post with each elector having two votes in the dual member seats. Unlike for parliamentary elections, women qualified as electors for these elections on exactly the same basis as men. Women were also permitted to stand as candidates for election.

The election was to be the last held before the outbreak of the First World War: in 1915 legislation was enacted to postpone all local elections until the end of the conflict (see below). The term of office of the councillors was extended to 1919 when triennial elections resumed.

National government background

The Prime Minister of the day was the Liberal H. H. Asquith who led a minority Liberal Government that relied upon the Irish Parliamentary Party for a majority. The recently merged Unionist Party was the official opposition. The Labour Party was the fourth party and generally voted with the Liberals in parliament.

London Council background

The Municipal Reform party had been in power since winning a majority back in 1907. It was now seeking its third consecutive mandate.

Candidates

All constituencies were contested. The governing Municipal Reform Party ran a full slate of 118 candidates. The opposition Progressive Party ran 110 candidates. They ran candidates everywhere except the City of London where they ran three candidates, Hampstead, St George's Hanover Square and Strand where only one candidate stood, three constituencies where one candidate ran in tandem with Labour and Woolwich where they did not oppose a Labour pair. Four Independents also ran.

Labour Party

By 1913, all Labour Party members had withdrawn from the Progressive Party and at these elections stood under their own party label. The party fielded ten candidates, three of these candidates ran in tandem with Progressive candidates, a further two candidates were not opposed by Progressives. The other five all stood in opposition to Progressive candidates. The Labour Party in London had no elected or otherwise recognised Leader.

British Socialist Party

The British Socialist Party had been formed in 1911 from the merger of a few socialist groups with the Social Democratic Federation. As with the SDF, the BSP was opposed to socialists having electoral pacts with Liberals and they were critical of Labour Party branches for working with the Progressives in London. The BSP put forward dual candidates in three constituencies, all constituencies where both the Progressives and Municipal Reform parties were running dual candidates. Nowhere did they run against a Labour candidate.

Outcome

Constituency Winners by Party

The Municipal Reform Party was returned with its third successive majority, slightly larger than the old one. However, its leader, Cyril Jackson was unseated by the Progressives at Limehouse. When the new council met, the ruling Municipal Reform majority was forced to use one of their Aldermanic nominations to put Jackson back on the council. Although the Progressives lost ground, they comfortably retained their position as main challengers to the Municipal Reformers in those seats where socialists stood. All socialist candidates (BSP and Labour) who stood against Progressive candidates finished bottom of the poll. Of the three Labour candidates running in tandem with a Progressive, all polled less than the Progressive and two of the three failed to join their Progressive running mate in victory. In Woolwich, where the Labour candidates were given a free run against the Municipal Reform pair, they also lost.

Constituency results

Incumbent Councillors shown in bold.

Battersea and Clapham

Battersea

Battersea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Walter Richard Warren	5,483	27.5	+1.9
	Progressive	Y William J West	5,451	27.3	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	H Ramsden	4,502	22.6	-2.2
	Municipal Reform	George Bettesworth Piggott	4,502	22.6	-0.8
Majority			949	4.7	+3.9
	Progressive hold		Swing	+2.0

Partington

Clapham^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	YRobert M Sebag-Montefiore	8,890	28.0	-2.3
	Municipal Reform	YHerbert James Francis Parsons	8,881	27.9	-2.7
	Progressive	Hon. Hubert George Beaumont	7,049	22.2	+2.7
	Progressive	Oswald Partington	6,971	21.9	+2.4
Majority			1,832	5.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.5

Bethnal Green

Bethnal Green North East

Bethnal Green North East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	YGarnham Edmonds	2,731	29.4	-7.2
	Progressive	Y Edward Smith	2,667	28.7	-7.4
	Municipal Reform	G. Allen	1,961	21.1	+6.9
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Andrew Blane	1,941	20.9	+7.8
Majority			706	7.6	-14.3
	Progressive hold		Swing	-7.1

Bethnal Green South West

Bethnal Green South West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	YRev. Stewart Duckworth Headlam	2,369	30.9	+1.9
	Progressive	YPercy Alfred Harris	2,359	30.8	+2.6
	Municipal Reform	Malcolm Campbell-Johnston	1,487	19.4	-2.8
	Municipal Reform	L Tyfield	1,441	18.8	-1.7
Majority			872	11.4	+5.4
	Progressive hold		Swing	+2.7

Camberwell

Dulwich

Dulwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Viscount Massereene	6,048	30.1	0.0
	Municipal Reform	Y Cuthbert Wilkinson	6,027	29.9	0.0
	Progressive	Percy Phipps	4,057	20.2	+0.2
	Progressive	Dr Sophia Jevons	3,993	19.8	-0.2
Majority			1,970	9.7	-0.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-0.1

Camberwell North

Camberwell North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Reginald Arthur Bray	4,358	28.2	-2.9
	Progressive	Y Henry Robert Taylor	4,303	27.8	-3.1
	Municipal Reform	William Alfred Hirst	3,423	22.1	+2.9
	Municipal Reform	H. A. Truby	3,374	21.8	+3.0
Majority			880	5.7	-6.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.0

Peckham

Peckham^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Thomas Gautrey	5,306	25.6	-2.4
	Progressive	Y Earl of Haddo	5,206	25.1	-1.1
	Municipal Reform	William Leonard Dowton	5,127	24.7	+1.4
	Municipal Reform	T Richards	5,092	24.5	+2.1
Majority			79	0.4	-2.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.2

Chelsea

Chelsea^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Ronald Collet Norman	5,200	33.6	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Y Ernest Louis Meinertzhagen	5,113	33.0	+1.3
	Progressive	Katherine Talbot Wallas	2,598	16.8	-1.4
	Progressive	George Ernest Schuster	2,569	16.6	-1.4
Majority			2,515	16.2	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.4

City of London

Hemphill

Ralli

City of London^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y James William Domoney	7,321	21.5	+0.6
	Municipal Reform	Y Hon. Gilbert Johnstone	7,279	21.4	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	Y William Henry Pannell	7,245	21.2	+0.4
	Municipal Reform	YHerbert Stuart Sankey	7,206	21.2	+0.3
	Progressive	Hon. Fitzroy Hemphill	1,708	5.0	-0.6
	Progressive	Constantine Scaramanga-Ralli	1,647	4.8	-0.8
	Progressive	Stephen Miall	1,644	4.8	-0.6
Majority			5,498	16.2	+1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Deptford

Phillimore

Deptford^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y John Theodore Prestige	5,704	25.3	-3.3
	Progressive	Y Robert Charles Phillimore	5,667	25.1	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Thomas Malcolm Harvey Kincaid-Smith	5,643	25.0	+0.7
	Labour	C. M. Lloyd	5,532	24.5	+1.0
Majority			172	0.8	-4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
Majority			24	0.1	0.8
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing	+0.4

Finsbury

Finsbury Central in 1913

Finsbury Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Lawrence William Simpson Rostron	3,006	25.6	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	Y Samuel Joyce Thomas	2,947	25.1	+0.5
	Progressive	Arthur Barnett Russell	2,929	25.0	-0.3
	Progressive	Herbert Sutton Syrett	2,853	24.3	-0.7
Majority			18	0.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.6
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+0.4

Cotton

Finsbury East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y George Masterman Gillett	2,037	26.2	-1.6
	Progressive	Y Henry Evan Auguste Cotton	2,026	26.1	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell	1,866	24.0	+1.7
	Municipal Reform	William George Perring	1,837	23.7	+1.8
Majority			160	2.1	-3.4
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.8

Holborn in 1913

Holborn^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Robert Inigo Tasker	3,719	37.3	+2.5
	Municipal Reform	Y Hon. Henry Lygon	3,718	37.3	+2.3
	Progressive	T. E. Morris	1,287	12.9	-2.3
	Progressive	J. B. Elsden	1,255	12.6	-2.4
Majority			2,431	24.4	+4.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.5

Fulham

Waterlow

Fulham^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Cyril Stephen Cobb	7,649	30.6	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	Y Edward George Easton	7,614	30.5	+0.7
	Progressive	David Sydney Waterlow	4,870	19.5	-0.8
	Progressive	Walter Meakin	4,843	19.4	-0.4
Majority			2,744	11.0	+1.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.5

Greenwich

Hume

Scott

Greenwich^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y George Hopwood Hume	4,815	26.0	-2.6
	Municipal Reform	Y Lord Hill	4,787	25.8	-2.8
	Progressive	Alfred Henry Scott	4,486	24.2	*+6.9
	Progressive	Hon. Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton	4,463	24.1	+6.8
Majority			301	1.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-4.8

One Labour Party candidate withdrew

Hackney

Adler

Hackney Central^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y William Ray	3,670	25.2	+1.7
	Progressive	Y Henrietta Adler	3,653	25.0	-1.2
	Municipal Reform	Lord William Cecil	3,645	25.0	+2.2
	Progressive	Alfred James Shepheard	3,622	24.8	-2.7
Majority			8	0.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+2.2

Hackney North in 1913

Hackney North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y George William Henry Jones	6,014	26.6	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Y Oscar Emanuel Warburg	5,965	26.4	-1.5
	Progressive	William Ashley Nicholls	5,322	23.5	+1.6
	Progressive	W. B. J. Hickman	5,299	23.4	+1.6
Majority			643	2.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.6

Hackney South in 1913

Hackney South^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y George K Naylor	3,132	25.5	+7.2
	Progressive	Y Theodore Chapman	3,109	25.3	-6.7
	Municipal Reform	J. E. Brudenell-Bruce	3,059	24.9	+6.7
	Progressive	C. Watson	2,981	24.3	-7.2
Majority			50	0.4	-12.8
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+7.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	+6.7

Hammersmith

Hammersmith in 1913

Hammersmith^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Francis Robert Ince Anderton	5,615	29.8	-3.7
	Municipal Reform	Y Isidore Salmon	5,609	29.7	-2.9
	Progressive	W. P. Hunter	3,937	20.9	+3.9
	Progressive	Glynne Williams	3,703	19.6	+2.7
Majority			1,672	8.9
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-3.3

Hampstead

Taylor

Hampstead^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Walter Reynolds	4,567	40.5	+1.0
	Municipal Reform	Y Andrew Thomas Taylor	4,529	40.2	+0.9
	Progressive	Henry Holman	2,169	19.3	-1.9
Majority			2,360	20.9	+2.8
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Islington

Smallwood

Islington East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Edward Smallwood	4,545	26.1	-0.1
	Progressive	Y William Lace Clague	4,453	25.6	-0.1
	Municipal Reform	David Hazel	4,226	24.3	+0.1
	Municipal Reform	J. V. Fitzgerald	4,170	24.0	0.0
Majority			227	1.3	-0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.1

Islington North in 1913

Islington North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Frederick Lionel Dove	4,796	25.6	-1.4
	Municipal Reform	Y Richard Joshua Cooper	4,792	25.6	-1.5
	Progressive	J. H. Torrance	4,574	24.4	+1.4
	Progressive	H. S. Reitlinger	4,549	24.3	+1.5
Majority			228	1.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.5

Islington South in 1913

Islington South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y George Dew	3,197	26.6	+0.0
	Progressive	Y Howell Jones Williams	3,195	26.6	-0.1
	Municipal Reform	A Dingli	2,829	23.5	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	William Hunt	2,807	23.3	+0.1
Majority			366	3.0
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.0

Jephson

Islington West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Henry Mills	2,999	27.9	+0.0
	Progressive	Y Henry Lorenzo Jephson	2,978	27.7	+0.0
	Municipal Reform	C. W. French	2,412	22.4	+0.2
	Municipal Reform	Harold Frazer Wyatt	2,372	22.0	-0.1
Majority			566	5.3	-0.2
	Progressive hold		Swing	-0.1

Kensington

Kensington North in 1913

Kensington North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	YDavid Davis	4,025	29.0	+0.5
	Municipal Reform	YCecil Bingham Levita	3,999	28.9	+0.7
	Progressive	C D'O Cooper	1,895	13.7	-9.0
	Progressive	G S Warren	1,844	13.3	-9.4
	Labour	Dr Ethel Bentham	1,099	7.9	-12.8
	Labour	William Joseph Jarrett	998	7.2	-13.3
Majority			2,104	15.2	+9.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

One Progressive and one Labour candidate intervene

Kensington South in 1913

Kensington South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	YWilliam Frederick Cavaye	5,072	44.1	-0.9
	Municipal Reform	YAugustus Gilbert Colvile	4,997	43.4	-1.1
	Progressive	F C Jarvis	731	6.3	+1.0
	Progressive	H C Bickmore	713	6.2	+1.1
Majority			4,266	37.1	-2.1
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-1.0

Lambeth

Brixton in 1913

Brixton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y William Haydon	4,289	28.8	-0.0
	Municipal Reform	YErnest Gray	4,274	28.7	+0.1
	Progressive	A. R. Gridley	3,154	21.2	-0.1
	Progressive	Hillier Holt	3,151	21.2	-0.0
Majority			1,120	7.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	0.0
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+0.5

Benn

Kennington^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Sir John Williams Benn	3,517	24.9	-3.1
	Municipal Reform	YLord Peel	3,371	23.8	+3.2
	Municipal Reform	Ellice Victor Sassoon	3,264	23.1	+3.4
	Progressive	W J Richardson	2,878	20.3	-3.8
	Labour	John Gilbert Dale	1,121	7.9	+0.2
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing	+3.5
Majority			493	3.5
	Progressive hold		Swing	-3.2
Majority			253	1.8

Lambeth North in 1913

Lambeth North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Y Frank Briant	2,370	27.5	-1.8
	Municipal Reform	Y Louis Courtauld	2,118	24.5	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	W. Gough-Cook	2,105	24.4	+1.7
	Labour	Francis Samuel Smith	2,037	23.6	-1.4
Majority			13	0.1
	Progressive hold		Swing	-1.7
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing	+1.5

Norwood in 1913

Norwood^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Cecil Urquhart Fisher	6,047	31.5	+1.1
	Municipal Reform	Y Forbes St John Morrow	6,006	31.3	+1.1
	Progressive	Sir Charles James Tarring	3,559	18.6	-1.5
	Progressive	A E Bennetts	3,553	18.5	-0.8
Majority			2,447	12.8	+2.7
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Lewisham

Bellairs

Lewisham^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	YFrederick Houston Carter	9,497	31.1	-4.7
	Municipal Reform	YCarlyon Wilfroy Bellairs	9,410	30.8	-4.7
	Progressive	Charles Garfitt	5,865	19.2	-0.4
	Progressive	J S Lewis	5,809	19.0	+9.9
Majority			3,545	11.6	-4.3
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-2.2
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-7.3

Marylebone

Marylebone East in 1913

Marylebone East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Ernest Ridley Debenham	3,492	38.7	+1.5
	Municipal Reform	Y Lord Alexander George Boteville Thynne	3,411	37.8	+1.0
	Progressive	T W McCormack	1,056	11.7	-1.6
	Progressive	Hilda Caroline Miall-Smith	1,055	11.7	-1.0
Majority			2,355	26.1	+2.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.5
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	+1.0

Marylebone West in 1913

Marylebone West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Y Lord Greville	4,010	33.1	-3.2
	Municipal Reform	Y Sir Edward White	3,942	32.5	-4.1
	Progressive	Evelyn Emily Marian Fox	2,110	17.4	+3.8
	Progressive	Charles James Vasey	2,066	17.0	+3.6
Majority			1,832	15.1	-7.6
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-3.4
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	-4.0

Newington

Dawes

Walworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y James Arthur Dawes MP	2,575
	Progressive	Y Cornelius Charles Jesson	2,476
	Municipal Reform	Frederick Bird	2,199
	Municipal Reform	G. Aspinall	2,114
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Newington West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y James Daniel Gilbert	3,161
	Progressive	Y Evan Spicer	3,097
	Municipal Reform	Edgar Abbott	2,268
	Municipal Reform	Richard Owen Roberts	2,222
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Paddington

Paddington North^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y John Herbert Hunter	4,561
	Municipal Reform	Y J. Herbert Lidiard	4,522
	Progressive	Horace Holmes	3,573
	Progressive	John Scott Duckers	3,485
Majority			949
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Paddington South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	YJohn Burgess-Preston Karslake	3,353
	Municipal Reform	YHarry Barned Lewis-Barned	3,316
	Progressive	Reymond Hervey de Montmorency	817
	Progressive	A Y Mayell	805
Majority			2,499
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St George's Hanover Square

St George's Hanover Square^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	YLord Cheylesmore	4,335
	Municipal Reform	YHubert John Greenwood	4,279
	Progressive	Henry Thomas Mackenzie Bell	821
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St Pancras

St. Pancras East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	YA W Claremont	2,549
	Progressive	YHenry de Rosenbach Walker	2,522
	Municipal Reform	W Clark-Smith	2,454
	Municipal Reform	J Hewson	2,436
Majority			68
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

St. Pancras North^[2]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	YThomas Frederick Hobson	2,901
	Progressive	YArthur Lewis Leon	2,887
	Municipal Reform	C. H. Dinwiddy	2,654
	Municipal Reform	E. Gunter Jones	2,646
	British Socialist Party	A C Edwards	514
	British Socialist Party	W G Woodley	501
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

St. Pancras South^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y David Davies	2,360
	Municipal Reform	Y John Cuthbert Denison-Pender	2,307
	Progressive	George Frederick Cosburn	1,353
	Progressive	Thomas Charles	1,307
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

St. Pancras West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	YAuberon Claud Hegan Kennard	3,278
	Municipal Reform	Y Lord Windsor	3,252
	Progressive	William Lloyd Taylor	2,672
	Progressive	Arthur George Rickards	2,579
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Shoreditch

Haggerston^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y Henry Ward	2,178
	Progressive	Y David Blackley	2,167
	Municipal Reform	Joseph John Jarvis	1,975
	Municipal Reform	William Brass	1,970
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Hoxton^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	YJoseph Stanley Holmes	2,749
	Progressive	Y Oswald Lewis	2,693
	Municipal Reform	Henry Busby Bird	2,402
	Municipal Reform	C. Filby	2,279
	Independent Municipal Reform	Miss Willoughby	158
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Southwark

Bermondsey^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y William Henry Ecroyd	2,951
	Progressive	Y Montague Shearman	2,820
	Municipal Reform	Ald. Stickland	2,462
	Municipal Reform	John Swiney	2,409
	Labour	Dr. Alfred Salter	1,632
	Labour	Charles George Ammon	1,374
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Rotherhithe^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y R. L. Stuart	3,186
	Progressive	Y Dr. John Scott Lidgett	3,159
	Municipal Reform	W. G. Marriott	2,662
	Municipal Reform	D. Radcliffe	2,457
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Southwark West^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y Albert Wilson	2,642
	Progressive	YThomas Hunter	2,831
	Municipal Reform	H Edwards	2,105
	Municipal Reform	Rev W J Somerville	2,070
Majority			726
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Strand

Strand^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y Clifford Probyn	3,109
	Municipal Reform	Y Philip Edward Pilditch	3,065
	Progressive	Miss Ellen Pocock	793
Majority			2,272
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Tower Hamlets

Bow and Bromley^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y Frank H Baber	2,505
	Municipal Reform	Y George Malcolm Hilbery	2,464
	Progressive	George Lewis Bruce	1,936
	Progressive	Ben Cooper	1,826
	British Socialist Party	Charles Edwin Sumner	1,794
	British Socialist Party	Edwin Charles Fairchild	1,609
	Independent	F J W Leaney	79
Majority
	Municipal Reform gain from Labour		Swing
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Yeo

Jackson

Limehouse^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y Benjamin B Evans	2,665
	Progressive	YAlfred William Yeo	2,664
	Municipal Reform	Cyril Jackson	2,024
	Municipal Reform	R A Reith	1,916
Majority			640
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive gain from Municipal Reform		Swing

Mile End^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	YT W Wickham	2,252
	Progressive	YCarl Stettauer	2,204
	Municipal Reform	Edward Holton Coumbe	1,973
	Municipal Reform	Cecil Ince	1,924
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Poplar^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y St John Hutchinson	3,061
	Labour	Y Arabella Susan Lawrence	2,960
	Municipal Reform	T Vosper	1,599
	Municipal Reform	Mrs Elliott	1,492
Majority			1,361
	Labour hold		Swing
Majority			1,462
	Progressive hold		Swing

Gosling

St George's in the East^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y Harry Gosling	1,246
	Progressive	YCharles James Mathew	1,209
	Municipal Reform	Dr P Daniel	961
	Municipal Reform	D Knocker	929
	Independent	J Dibbs	164
	Independent	F W Brame	24
Majority
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Hardy

Stepney^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y Alfred Ordway Goodrich	1,827
	Municipal Reform	Y Hon. Arthur Claud Spencer Chichester	1,805
	Progressive	J S Henry	1,667
	Progressive	George Alexander Hardy	1,630
	British Socialist Party	Joseph George Butler	108
	British Socialist Party	Alfred Augustus Watts	105
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Whitechapel^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Progressive	Y Henry Herman Gordon	1,746
	Progressive	YWilliam Cowlishaw Johnson	1,792
	Municipal Reform	Rev E G Parry	1,008
	Municipal Reform	A Ludski	916
Majority			738
	Progressive hold		Swing
	Progressive hold		Swing

Wandsworth

Wandsworth^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y Edwin Evans	13,927
	Municipal Reform	Y Alfred Cooper Rawson	13,804
	Progressive	George Pearce Blizard	7,390
	Progressive	C H Williams	7,357
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Westminster

Westminster^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	YReginald White Granville-Smith	3,310
	Municipal Reform	YPercy George Gates	3,228
	Progressive	Mabel Annie St Clair Stobart	1,199
	Progressive	Lionel Gurney Buxton	1,168
Majority
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Woolwich

Sanders

Bondfield

Woolwich^[1]
Party		Candidate	Votes
	Municipal Reform	Y William James Squires	8,378
	Municipal Reform	Y Howard Kingsley Wood	8,300
	Labour	William Stephen Sanders	7,618
	Labour	Margaret Grace Bondfield	7,598
Majority			682
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing

Aldermen

In addition to the 124 councillors the council consisted of 20 county aldermen. Aldermen were elected by the council, and served a six-year term. Half of the aldermanic bench were elected every three years following the triennial council election. After the elections, there were ten aldermanic vacancies and the following alderman were appointed by the newly elected council on 13 March 1913;^[3]^[4]

To serve until 1919:

Viscount Chelmsford, Municipal Reform. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1904-1905.
Rt. Hon. Sir George Dashwood Taubman Goldie, Municipal Reform. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1907-1912.
George Alexander Hardy, Progressive. Had previously sat as a councillor in 1901-1907.
William Hunt, Municipal Reform, outgoing councillor for Wandsworth, had unsuccessfully contested Islington South.
Cyril Jackson, Municipal Reform, outgoing councillor for Limehouse.
Hon. Oswald Partington, Progressive
Sir Herbert James Francis Parsons, Municipal Reform, reappointed.
Mrs. Jessie Wilton Phipps, Municipal Reform
Alfred Henry Scott, Progressive

To serve until 1916:

Katherine Talbot Wallas, Progressive, in place of Henry Lawrence Cripps, resigned 4 February 1913

By-elections 1913-1915

There were eight by-elections to fill casual vacancies during the term of the ninth London County Council.

City of London, 9 May 1913

Cause: resignation of Colonel Sir Stuart Sankey 29 April 1919

London County Council by-election, 1913: City of London Electorate 25,773
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	William Wilson Grantham	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Tower Hamlets, Mile End, 13 August 1913

Cause: death of Carl Stettauer, 24 July 1913^[5]

London County Council by-election, 1913: Mile End Electorate 6,765
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Municipal Reform	Y George A Dutfield	1,743	51.7
	Progressive	Hon. Hugh Lawrence Fletcher Moulton	1,627	48.3
Majority			116	3.4
	Municipal Reform gain from Progressive		Swing

Islington West, 21 February 1914

Cause: death of Henry Lorenzo Jephson 31 January 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Islington West Electorate 10,280
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	W A Nicholls	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

Marylebone West, 6 July 1914

Cause: death of Sir Edward White 14 June 1914

London County Council by-election, 1914: Marylebone West Electorate 12,482
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Eustace Widdrington Morrison-Bell	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Finsbury, Holborn, 9 November 1914

Cause: resignation of Robert Inigo Tasker 27 October 1914 on mobilisation of the 11th Battalion, London Regiment

London County Council by-election, 1914: Holborn Electorate 11,571
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Henry Hugh Tasker	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Tower Hamlets, Limehouse, 14 January 1915

Cause: resignation of Benjamin B Evans due to ill health 15 December 1914^[6]

London County Council by-election, 1915: Limehouse Electorate 7,599
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Progressive	Henry Marks	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Progressive hold		Swing	N/A

City of London, 1 March 1915

Cause: resignation of William Henry Pannell due to ill health 9 February 1915^[7]

London County Council by-election, 1915: City of London Electorate 25,125
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	Charles Augustin Hanson	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Lewisham, 8 May 1915

Cause: resignation of Carlyon Wilfroy Bellairs 27 April 1915^[7]

London County Council by-election, 1915: Lewisham Electorate 34,619
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Municipal Reform	William Henry Le May	Unopposed	N/A	N/A
	Municipal Reform hold		Swing	N/A

Appointments to vacant seats 1915-1919

Under the Elections and Registration Act 1915, a wartime piece of legislation that cancelled local elections until the end of the conflict (and thus the county council election due to be held in March 1916), the members of the county council were given the power to appoint or co-opt councillors to fill vacant seats. The legislation remained in force for the rest of the eleventh county council's existence.

Date of appointment	Division	Outgoing member	New member appointed
7 December 1915	Battersea & Clapham, Clapham	Robert M Sebag-Montefiore (died 19 November 1915)	William Henry Peruzzi Gibson	Municipal Reform
21 December 1915	Tower Hamlets, Stepney	Hon. Arthur Claud Chichester (resigned 7 December 1915 on entering active service with the army)^[8]	David Hazel^[9]	Municipal Reform
4 April 1916	Lewisham	William Henry Le May (resigned 21 March 1916)^[10]	Robert Jackson^[11]	Municipal Reform
30 May 1916	Finsbury Central	Lawrence William Simpson Rostron (died 14 May 1916)	James Little^[12]	Municipal Reform
30 May 1916	Marylebone West	Lord Greville (resigned 16 May 1916) ^[13]	Ernest Sanger^[12]	Municipal Reform
31 October 1916	Fulham	Edward George Easton (died 2 August 1916)	Henry George Norris^[14]	Municipal Reform
31 October 1916	Hackney South	George K Naylor (resigned 4 September 1916)	Charles Winkley^[14]	Municipal Reform
3 April 1917	Tower Hamlets, Bow and Bromley	George Malcolm Hilbery (resigned 9 March 1917)	Walter Charles Bersey^[15]	Municipal Reform
1 May 1917	Tower Hamlets, Mile End	George A Dutfield (resigned 18 July 1916)^[16]	George Bettesworth Piggott^[17]	Municipal Reform
16 October 1917	City of London	Hon. Gilbert Johnstone (resigned 31 July 1917)	John Robarts^[18]	Municipal Reform
18 December 1917	Islington East	Edward Smallwood (resigned 10 December 1917)	A C Denham	Progressive
8 March 1918	Strand	Clifford Probyn (died 10 February 1918)	John Maria Gatti^[19]	Municipal Reform
23 April 1918	City of London	James William Domoney (died 23 March 1918)^[20]	George Rowland Blades^[21]	Municipal Reform
15 October 1918	Camberwell, Dulwich	Cuthbert Wilkinson (died 20 June 1918)	Henry Newton Knights	Municipal Reform
	Lewisham	Frederick Houston Carter (died 11 March 1918)^[22]	Richard Owen Roberts	Municipal Reform
	Southwark West	Albert Wilson (died 16 July 1918)	Duchess of Marlborough	Progressive

Aldermanic vacancies filled 1913-1919

There were four casual vacancies among the aldermen in the term of the eleventh London County Council, which were filled as follows:^[23]

27 January 1914: Henry Cubitt Gooch (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1916 (extended to 1919) in place of Maurice C Carr Glyn, resigned 20 January 1914. Gooch had previously sat as a councillor from 1907-1910.^[24]
9 November 1915: Howard Willmott Liversidge (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1916 (extended to 1919) in place of Lord Monk Bretton, resigned 26 October 1915.^[25]
7 March 1916: Sir Harry Lushington Stephen (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1919 (extended to 1922) in place of Lord Chelmsford, resigned 22 February 1916.^[26]
4 April 1916: Francis Capel Harrison (Municipal Reform) to serve until 1919 (extended to 1922) in place of Cyril Jackson, resigned 21 March 1916.^[11]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 London Municipal Notes, 1913
1 2 3 4 5 6 The New Hazell Annual and Almanack, 1916
↑ "London County Council. First Meeting Of The New Body". The Times. 14 March 1913. p. 5.
↑ "London County Council. The New Chairman And Aldermen". The Times. 12 March 1913. p. 8.
↑ "Obituary: Mr. Carl Stettauer". The Times. 25 July 1913. p. 11.
↑ "Former Member Of L.C.C. Found Shot. The Death Of Mr. B. B. Evans". The Times. 9 February 1915. p. 5.
1 2 "London County Council Vacancy". The Times. 8 February 1915. p. 5.
↑ "Dearer All-Night Fares. A County Council Economy". The Times. 8 December 1915. p. 7.
↑ "Patriotic Teachers. Enlistments From London County Council". The Times. 22 December 1915. p. 7.
↑ "Parties In London County Council. Coalition Suggested". The Times. 22 March 1916. p. 5.
1 2 "No Scholarships For Enemy Children. L.C.C. Decision". The Times. 5 April 1916. p. 5.
1 2 "Economy In Education. Reduction Of £356,867 In L.C.C. Expenditure". The Times. 31 May 1916. p. 5.
↑ "Licences For Sunday Cinemas. Decision Of The London County Council". The Times. 17 May 1916. p. 5.
1 2 "New L.C.C. Members. Propagandist Literature In The Parks". The Times. 1 November 1916. p. 5.
↑ "Finance Of Education. Recommendations Of London County Council". The Times. 4 April 1917. p. 3.
↑ "London Tramways. County Council And The Deficit". The Times. 19 July 1916. p. 5.
↑ "L.C.C. Finance. Net Debt Decreased By £1,580,000". The Times. 2 May 1917. p. 3.
↑ "Air-Raid Shelters. L. C. C. Plans For Use Of Schools., Tramway Servants To Take Cover". The Times. 17 October 1917. p. 5.
↑ "Teachers' Pay Scheme Rejected. Protest Of 10,000 Women". The Times. 6 March 1918. p. 3.
↑ "Obituary. Mr. Alderman Domoney". The Times. 26 March 1918. p. 9.
↑ "London County Council. Teachers' Salaries Raised". The Times. 24 April 1918. p. 8.
↑ "Obituary. Mr. F. H. Carter". The Times. 12 March 1918. p. 9.
↑ Jackson, W Eric (1965). "Appendix II: Members of the London County Council from 1889". Achievement: A short History of the LCC. London: Longmans. pp. 252–286.
↑ "London County Council And Tuberculosis". The Times. 28 January 1914. p. 10.
↑ "London Estimates. County Council's Trust In The Government". The Times. 10 November 1915. p. 11.
↑ "Savings On Rates". The Times. 9 March 1916. p. 5.

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